USS Weeden
Service
- as USS Weeden19 February 1944 — 26 February 1958561 days of the war
- Name
- USS Weeden
- Namesake
- Carl A. Weeden
- Builder
- Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
- Laid down
- 18 August 1943
- Launched
- 27 October 1943
- Commissioned
- 19 February 1944
- Decommissioned
- 9 May 1946
- Recommissioned
- 26 May 1950
- Struck
- 30 June 1968
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping, 27 October 1969 (1969)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft)
- Beam
- 11.28 m (37 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 23.6 knots (43.7 km/h, 27.2 mph)
- Complement
- 213
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
USS Weeden was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Carl A. Weeden. Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas laid her keel on 18 August 1943. Launched on 27 October 1943, she entered service on 19 February 1944.
98 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Evarts-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Cannon-class destroyer escort.
She displaced 1,400 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.3 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 23.6 knots, and she carried a complement of 213. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 561 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 9 May 1946. She recommissioned on 26 May 1950. She was struck from the register on 30 June 1968.
She was broken up for scrap on 27 October 1969.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Turbo-electric drive, 12000 shp
- 2 shafts
- Armament
- 3 × 3"/50 caliber guns
- 1 × quad 1.1"/75 caliber gun
- 8 × single 20 mm guns
- 1 × triple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
- 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- HMS Bentinck (K314)
- HMS Bligh
- HMS Byron
- HMS Calder (K349)
- HMS Conn
- HMS Cosby
- HMS Dakins
- HMS Duff (K352)
- HMS Ekins
- HMS Fitzroy (K553)
- HMS Halsted (K556)
- HMS Hargood (K582)
- HMS Holmes (K581)
- HMS Hotham (K583)
- HMS Redmill (K554)
- HMS Retalick
- HMS Riou
- HMS Rowley
- HMS Rupert (K561)
- HMS Rutherford
- HMS Seymour (K563)
- HMS Spragge (K572)
- HMS Stockham
- HMS Thornborough
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Weeden on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-301396 available at usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons